BANGOR — A homeless Port Townsend man who reportedly claimed last week that he had brought bombs to the Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor main gate was apparently in mental crisis and told a guard that he was hearing voices.

No explosives were found and the man, 53, won’t face criminal charges, as he apparently made no threat. He was held for a 72-hour mental evaluation.

The incident caused alarm starting at 9 a.m. Thursday, with Navy officials requesting Kitsap County Sheriff’s deputies first clear about a 1,300-foot radius around the vehicle. Later, deputies were asked to enforce a 3,000-foot “safety zone” around the car, according to Sheriff’s Office reports.

Nearby roads were shut down and those inside the “safety zone,” including in residences, were told to evacuate or “shelter in place.” Deputies went door-to-door making contact with residents. The “safety zone” was maintained until 5:50 p.m.

Officials from multiple federal law enforcement agencies responded, including the FBI, but after interviewing the man, federal authorities opted to turn him over to local authorities.

Sheriff’s Office detectives were told the man had approached the Trident gate in a 1992 Toyota 4-Runner and said he had taken a wrong turn. Guards at the gate told him he could enter the base in order to turn around.

The man then said the voices in his head said he had a bomb in the vehicle, according to reports.

One detective wrote that the man also claimed the voices said he had a gun under the seat and mentioned something about having to maintain a minimum speed above 40 mph.

In a statement Thursday morning, the Navy reported that the man claimed to have had an improvised explosive device on his body and another in his vehicle.

Jake Chappelle, spokesman for Naval Base Kitsap, wrote in an email that officials had spent the past week recapping response procedures but he could not offer comment on the guards' interactions with the man.

The detective wrote that the man had used meth about 10 days before and consumed eight beers the night before. Detectives contacted a senior prosecutor with the Kitsap County Prosecutor’s Office who suggested the man receive a mental evaluation.

He was taken to Harrison Medical Center, accompanied by a deputy, who reported while waiting, the man “continuously said that the voices in his head were out to get him, that they are evil and he was being ‘railroaded,’” according to the deputy’s report. An evaluator had the man held for 72 hours.

Detectives contacted law enforcement in Port Townsend and Jefferson County, who said they were familiar with the man. A Jefferson County Sheriff’s sergeant told the detective that police there had contacted the man about 25 times since 2017. In December he had been arrested at his last residence for malicious mischief and residential burglary after he allegedly punched holes in the walls.

A former roommate of the man told a Port Townsend Police sergeant that the man was no longer living at the residence and was homeless, according to a detective's report. The former roommate said he had no knowledge of the man possessing weapons, explosives or making threats but that he had a history of delusional behavior and meth use.